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Justin McCarthy on The Armenian Genocide Lie: Armenians Are Afraid of The TruthWed, 25 Mar 2015 09:09:40 -0400http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65c_1427288548
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Armenian nationalists and pressure groups are cowards. They are afraid of debate, afraid of discussion. These people don't know the facts. They give insults instead. They don't want people to know the truth.
Dr. Justin McCarthy easily tells us about the research and easily shows that the Armenian Genocide is nothing more than a propaganda story that is rooted from the difference of religions between Armenians and Muslims.
And that these people continue to talk about these events and label them as the "Armenian Genocide" in order to pressure Turkey to give Armenians reparations which they believe Turkey will because they do not know the history of the issue.
Dr. Justin McCarthy mentions that the Ottoman statistics say that there were ~600,000 Armenians and 3 million Ottoman Muslims that died during World War I and soldiers are not considered in this statistic.
Ottoman Muslims also involve Kurds, Turks, and other Muslims in the Ottoman Empire at the time. It shows that many Muslims were massacred by enemy forces or rebel groups of the Armenians.
Dr. Justin McCarthy also mentions that the telegram fabricated by Armenian propagandists seeking to find a smoking gun for the Armenian genocide theory, is a forgery, and that it should not be taken as scholarly evidence of genocide.
In the Van Rebellion Armenian capture of the city held 6000 Ottoman soldiers from reaching the front lines to fight the invading Russian forces. This was one of the reasons that the Relocation law of the Armenians was enacted.
Typhus, Typhoid, and Cholera are one of the major reasons for the amount of Armenian death tolls and Ottoman death tolls to reach so high. Although one of the biggest reasons for death during World War I was starvation and gunshots.
Food was very scarce in Eastern Anatolia especially during the war when armies of different nations passed through the area such as the Ottomans and the Russians and the Armenian Rebel armies.
Approximately 80% of Armenians relocated with the Relocation laws of the Ottomans Survived. And Cities in the West such as Izmir, Istanbul, and Ankara were not subject to the Relocation laws.
This is because the Ottomans wanted to remove the threatening Armenian Rebellion away from the area, without targetting or harming Armenians who were not rebelling, the problem was, it was sometimes difficult to tell.
Dr. Justin McCarthy tells us that whenever a population is moved there will be people stealing from them, attacking them, and sometimes taking revenge perhaps because a Turkish man might take revenge on innocent Armenians because Armenian rebels massacred his/her village.
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-http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65c_1427288548UIytauJustin McCarthy on The Armenian Genocide Lie: Armenians Are Afraid of The TruthArmenian, Genocide, Lie, Ottoman, Empire, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkish, Islam, Kurdish, France, EU, UK, Syria, 1915, Terrorism, Obama, Erdogan, Putin, Muslim, Germany, England, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh, KurdTurkish Police Violent Crackdown Cause Street Battles in IstanbulWed, 11 Mar 2015 15:22:18 -0400http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d3_1426101372
AlAlamTurkish police on Wednesday violently dispersed protests commemorating a teenager killed in 2013 anti-government demonstrations and whose death has become a rallying point for opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Some protesters threw fireworks and Molotov cocktails as they engaged in street battles with police, who used water cannon and tear gas, in the Istanbul district of Okmeydani, an AFP photographer reported.
The activists were marking the first anniversary of the death of Berkin Elvan who died on March 11, 2014, after spending 269 days in a coma due to injuries sustained when he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by police in the mass protests of early summer 2013.
"Protests took place in some 20 cities in Turkey, local media reported, while the slogan "Seni Unutmadik Berkin Elvan" (We have not forgotten you, Berkin Elvan) was trending strongly on Twitter."
He was aged 15 at the time of his death, which was followed by mass nationwide protests that were also largely put down by the police.
The worst of Wednesday's unrest came in the district of Okmeydani, the former home of Elvan, where hundreds of supporters attempted to stage a march but were thwarted by police tear gas and water cannon.
Earlier, police had moved in to arrest a handful of protesters in Taksim Square in central Istanbul who joined hands and unfurled a banner reading "Berkin is here".
In the capital Ankara, police also used water cannon to break up a protest, arresting 11 people, local media said.
Meanwhile, vandals attacked a small statue of Elvan that had been unveiled only last week in the Guzelbahce district of the western city of Izmir.
The damage left a crack across the head of the statue, in a possible reference to Elvan's own injury, Turkish media reports said.
Protests took place in some 20 cities in Turkey, local media reported, while the slogan "Seni Unutmadik Berkin Elvan" (We have not forgotten you, Berkin Elvan) was trending strongly on Twitter.
Elvan's death brought to eight, including one policeman, the number of people confirmed to have died during the protests in May-June 2013.
A man points his gun in front of a barricade towards Turkish riot police with a pistol on March 11, 2015 in Istanbul, during clashes following a protest in memory of a teenager killed in 2013 anti-government demonstrations and whose death has become a rallying cause for opponents of President. AFP PHOTO
The demonstrations began as an action against the redevelopment of Gezi Park adjoining Taksim Square in Istanbul but snowballed into a full scale nationwide wave of protest against Erdogan, who was then premier.
Elvan's parents and supporters are furious that no police officer has been brought to trial over his death, accusing the authorities of concealing the name of the perpetrator.
Elvan
They say he was not even actively protesting but was caught in the turmoil in Istanbul after going out to buy bread.
A Turkish police officer went on trial in December 2014 after he went on Facebook to praise the killing of Elvan, saying: "I kiss the hands of the riot policeman who fired on your head".
Erdogan had sparked an outcry after he called Elvan a thug with links to a "terrorist organisation" and encouraged his supporters at a rally to boo Elvan's mother.
The president is accused by opponents of seeking to use his powers to turn Turkey into a police state, in particular through a controversial security bill that is currently the focus of angry debate in parliament.
The bill notably permits police to use firearms to prevent an attack in a public place against people using Molotov cocktails or similar weapons.
Those in possession of such objects at protests would face up to four years in jail. The bill also calls for stricter punishment for offenders wearing masks to conceal their identity.
- See more at: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1684420#sthash.GI8meqbR.dpufhttp://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d3_1426101372AlAlamTurkish Police Violent Crackdown Cause Street Battles in IstanbulTurkish ,Turkish police, ErdoganClashes and arrests as Turks remember boy killed by policeWed, 11 Mar 2015 13:30:08 -0400http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=37b_1426095001
EuronewsTurkish police have intervened in several towns to break up demonstrations, on the first anniversary of the death of a teenager who succumbed to injuries inflicted by the security forces during anti-government protests the previous year.
Several people were detained in Istanbul as they tried to gather in front of Gezi Park, the symbolic location at the origin of the 2013 rallies.
Elsewhere, in Ankara, water cannon was used to disperse hundreds of people protesting against police violence. Eleven people were reportedly detained.
They came to remember Berkin Elvan, just 14 when he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by security forces intervening in his Istanbul neighbourhood. His parents said he had gone out to buy bread.
After a long coma, the teenager died on March 11, 2014, prompting more large scale protests across Turkey.
No police officer has been prosecuted for his death.
As the boy fought for his life, then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called him a "terrorist", saying police could not be blamed as the teenager was wearing a scarf and security forces had no way of knowing his age.
According to Turkish media, Elvan's family is demanding a million Turkish liras from the Interior Ministry, holding it responsible for his death.
Reports also say a statue of Elvan erected in Izmir has been attacked and damaged by unknown assailants.
Opposition parties were present during Wednesday's demonstrations. They say that hundreds of children have been killed on the streets during the AK party's 12-year rule, and yet the government is pushing for wider police powers.
For several weeks, the Turkish parliament has been examining a controversial bill that strengthens police powers, especially during demonstrations.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=37b_1426095001EuronewsClashes and arrests as Turks remember boy killed by policeEuronewsVideo shows a group of Turkish fascists beating a Kurd wounded by a bulletSun, 08 Mar 2015 23:08:01 -0400http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ad3_1425869972
DieKurdenThis video shows Ekrem Kacaroglu, a 38 years old Kurd who was shot and beaten by Turkish fascists during last October's Kobane protests in Izmir. Kacaroglu later died of his injuries.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ad3_1425869972DieKurdenVideo shows a group of Turkish fascists beating a Kurd wounded by a bulletKurds, Kurdish, Kurdistan, Kobane, Turkey, PKK, YPGAnti-Armenian Banners Celebrating Genocide Displayed in TurkeyTue, 24 Feb 2015 21:38:28 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed9_1424831479
Armenian Sniper
A banner in the southwest province of Mugla reads, 'We celebrate the
100th anniversary of our country being cleared of Armenians. We are
proud of our glorious ancestors. -Young Atsizs.' (Atsizs refers to Nihal
Atsiz, a leading ideologue of Turkish racism and a proponent of
Turanism).
Anti-Armenian banners celebrating the Armenian Genocide have been
displayed in cities around Turkey. Meanwhile, on Feb. 22, two protests
were held under the banner of "Demonstrations Condemning the Khojali
Genocide and Armenian Terror," in the Kadikoy and Beyoglu districts in
Istanbul. Some protesters chanted anti-Armenian slogans, while others
invoked the name of Ogun Samast, the ultra-nationalist youth who gunned
down Agos Editor Hrant Dink in 2007.
The banners celebrating the Armenian Genocide were spotted in
different parts of the country. In the southwest province of Mugla, a
banner declared, "We celebrate the 100th anniversary of our country
being cleared of Armenians. We are proud of our glorious ancestors.
-Young Atsizs." Atsizs refers to Nihal Atsiz (1905-75), a leading
ideologue of Turkish racism and a proponent of Turanism. The banner was
displayed in front of the Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports in
Mugla. The Directorate claimed the banner was hung far enough that they
had not seen it, but that "responsible citizens" had removed it,
according to Demokrat Haber.
Similar banners were also displayed in Manisa (north of Izmir), and
Ordu (on the Black Sea coast). Demokrat Haber also reports that similar
posters were put up by the Mayor's office in Sogutlucesme, Istanbul, as
well as Marmara University's Goztepe campus.
"The Human Rights Association can only attempt to raise a voice
protesting these initiatives. As long as the Turkish public is not
upset, and feels no shame by these demonstrations, the discourse, and
the slogans, there will be no real response to these rabid anti-Armenian
initiatives," human rights activist Ayse Gunaysu told the Armenian
Weekly, adding, "This reality has been haunting me in recent days."
Protests around Istanbul
In Kadikoy, an anonymous source observed around 1,000-1,500 protesters,
many waving Azerbaijani flags. The source said aside from nationalist
slogans, and chants about the "Khojali genocide," anti-Kurdish slogans
were also heard, presumably fueled by the recent killing of an
ultranationalist man who was partaking in an attack against members of
the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) in Izmir. The
anti-Armenian slogans were more muted than what had been observed during
the Feb. 26, 2012 anti-Armenian protest, noted the source.
According to Gunaysu, a Weekly contributor, protesters might have
been deterred from chanting rabidly anti-Armenian slogans during the
latest rally due to the fact that those who had carried banners reading,
"You are all Armenians, you are all bastards," in 2012, had been
sentenced to 5 months in prison, which was later turned to a 3,000 TL
fine by the court.
The police were present in large numbers in Kadikoy, and blocked
movement to main streets, including near the offices of the pro-Kurdish
People's Democratic Party (HDP).
According to Demokrat Haber, buses transported protesters-free of
charge-from in front of the governorates of surrounding cities to where
the Kadikoy demonstration was being held.
In the days leading up to the protest, the Human Rights Association (HRA) of Turkey's Istanbul branch issued a statement condemning the protest, calling it a "pretext to incite ethnic hate against Armenians in Turkey."
The organization also petitioned the Istanbul Governorate, warning
officials of the anti-Armenian sentiments that were on the rise ahead of
the planned protest.
According to Demokrat Haber, despite the fact that the protest
organizers had claimed to have the proper permits to stage the rally,
the Istanbul Governorate had not been notified about the demonstration,
and had not received any permit applications. Furthermore, official
sources held that in keeping in line with clause 6 of the "Law on
Rallies and Demonstration Marches," permits could not have been granted
for the location of the rally, since the area is off limits as a public
gathering space.
Similarly, the HRA received a fax from the Governorate of Istanbul,
stating that their office neither received a request for permission for
the protests, nor granted any such permission.
Meanwhile, according to a source, the Association of Reformist Youth
of Azerbaijan has denied involvement in these protests. Earlier the HRA
had reported that the protests were being organized by the Association
of Reformist Youth of Azerbaijan, together with the Turkish Hearths
Youth branches and the Turanist Movement Platform.
In Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, a smaller protest was held with
participants from the Nationalist Turkey Party and the Turan Hearths.
According to the Turkish news outlet Haberler, the protesters shouted
slogans against Armenia; calling Khojali a "part of the homeland" that
was "under Armenian invasion." The protesters also condemned the
international community for supporting Armenia. Minor clashes with the
police were reported.
The Feb. 20 HRA statement cautioned that anti-Armenian sentiments
were on the rise, and that racist graffiti had been spray painted on and
near churches, with messages such as, "You are all Armenians, you are
all bastards."
The HRA statement added, "You, officials who refrain from
criminalizing racist slogans on church walls, who officially or
unofficially permit protests and demonstrations preannounced by such
slogans, if you do not enforce the law, you will become partners in the
crime..."
Ayse Gunaysu and Burcu Gursel contributed to this report.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed9_1424831479Armenian SniperAnti-Armenian Banners Celebrating Genocide Displayed in TurkeyArmenia, Armenian, Armenians, Christians, Christian, Turkey, Turks, Turkish, Armenian Genocide, Genocide, Massacre, Massacres, Denial, Propaganda, Hate, Racism, Crime against humanity, crimes against humanity, shame on turkey, muslims, islam, muslim, evilTurkey to Go Ahead With Non-NATO Integrated Missile DefenseSat, 21 Feb 2015 05:07:16 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=013_1424512319
KurultaiTurkey's new defense missile system, for which Ankara is in talks on a $3.4 billion deal with a Chinese company, will not be integrated with one used by NATO, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz has said.
Ankara will use the long-range system without integrating it with NATO's system, Yilmaz said in his elaboration on the issue, which came in response to a parliamentary question filed by an opposition deputy.
Turkey originally awarded the tender to China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation (CPMIEC) in 2013, prompting U.S. and NATO officials to say the deal could raise questions over security.
Turkey later said it was in talks with France on the issue. However, in his written response to the question filed in late December 2014 by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Izmir deputy Aykut Ciray, Yilmaz said no new bids had been received.
"The project will be financed through foreign financing. Work on assessing the bids has been completed and no new official bid has been received," the minister said, in his response released by Ciray's office Feb. 19.
"The system in question will be integrated with the national system for Turkey's defense and will be used without integrating it with NATO," he added.
Eurosam, which is owned by Franco-Italian missile maker MBDA and France's Thales, came second in the tender.
As early as September 2013, shortly after Yilmaz announced after a top defense industry meeting that the contract for the construction of the long-range air and anti-missile system had been awarded to CPMIEC, officials and industry sources told the H"urriyet Daily News that the Turkish government's decision to select a Chinese contender for the construction of the country's first long-range air defense system may force Turkey into ending up with a "standalone" system with little or no integration with NATO assets like radars.
About half of Turkey's network-based air defense radars have been paid for by NATO and are part of the NATO Air Defense Ground Environment.
"Turkey can always decide to build a standalone system. But in that case, abstracting the air defense system from NATO assets would mean that Turkey will lose half of its radar capabilities," one defense analyst said at the time.
Turkey would need interface data to make its own air defense architecture interoperable with NATO assets, primarily data on the Identify Friend and Foe system. This is top secret system and cannot be installed into any Chinese system.
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***http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=013_1424512319KurultaiTurkey to Go Ahead With Non-NATO Integrated Missile DefenseTurkey, China, France, Military, NATOTurkey education strike against rise of Islamic teachingFri, 13 Feb 2015 16:00:11 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=07c_1423861207
EuronewsTurkish police used water cannon in the western city of Izmir on Friday to disperse hundreds of students and teachers boycotting schools. They were protesting against the growing influence of religion in the classroom.
Thousands more marched in several Turkish cities to demand a secular and science-based education system.
Video (by known source) of riot police charging #13SubattaBoykottayiz school boycott against religion in education https://t.co/krt83f6dks- reported.ly (@reportedly) February 13, 2015
Turkey has long enshrined the secular ideals of founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and that has been seen in particular in an educational system in which Islamic headscarves were, until recently banned in schools. Schoolchildren began the day reciting an oath of allegiance to Ataturk's legacy.
Now proponents of Turkey's secular traditions claim President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is overturning that legacy by building a more Islam-focused education system to realise his stated goal of raising "pious generations" - a movement they say is trickling down to school administrations that are imposing more religious education.
One critic of the developments is Pastor Ahmet Guvener.
He managed to get his daughter, a Christian, an exemption from mandatory religious classes in her Turkish school.
But he soon found that the 17-year-old wasn't really off the hook.
As an alternative to the classes at her school in Diyarbakir, in southeast Turkey, she would have to choose from three electives: the life of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran or basic religious knowledge - or fail the year.
The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party, or AK Party, insists it is simply heeding the demands of a conservative and pious majority.
It says the education measures aim to undo restrictions on religious education that were imposed following Turkey's so-called "soft military coup" of 1997, when the then-powerful military - which saw itself as the guardian of Ataturk's secular principles - pressured an Islamic-led government out of power and moved to close down vocational religious middle schools.
"By injecting religion into education, the ruling (AK) party wants to create a model society according to its own political leanings," said Kamuran Karaca, of the left-leaning Education and Science Laborer's Union.
The government's moves have included loosening the headscarf ban; dramatically increasing the number of religious schools; and ending the school ritual in which students pledged allegiance to secular principles.
As an indication of possible steps to come, the country's national education advisory council, dominated by a pro-government teacher's union, recommended a series of other controversial measures that included increasing the number of compulsory religious classes from one to two hours per week; lowering the starting age of these classes to six from nine; and removing a class on the preparation of cocktails from vocational tourism schools' curriculum.
Government-allied educators say Turkey is returning to its cultural roots.
"In Turkey, the education that was offered was one that was directly opposed to the people's own culture (and) own civilisation," said Ali Yalcin, deputy head of the pro-government Egitim Bir-Sen teachers' union, which proposed many of the recommendations.
Hundreds of pro-secular students and teachers boycotted schools nationwide on Friday in protest of the government's measures, including members of the Alevi Shiite sect that constitutes Turkey's largest religious minority.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the mandatory religion classes are an affront to Alevi students' religious freedoms.
The government insists that the course teaches general knowledge about all faiths - a claim dismissed by critics who say that Sunni teachings still dominate the syllabus.
Critics say that while the government is focused on entrenching religion in schools, it has been ignoring the Turkish education system's serious failings.
Ali Yalcin, of the pro-government teacher's union, denies a deliberate move to force religion on the students through the elective classes.
"The aim is to open the way to elective religious education, in line with the wishes of the people," he said. "There is no question of forcing the classes on students."
Education expert Abbas Guclu, who writes for Milliyet newspaper, argues that increasing religious education may not necessarily lead to a more pious generation.
"It is not possible to control the youth of today," Guclu said. "If they spend three or five hours at school, they spend eight or ten hours in front of the Internet, the social media or television. For every few hours of religious education they spend hundreds of hours elsewhere, being bombarded by other things."
Police in Izmir detain demonstrators at today's nationwide against compulsory religious classes across Turkey https://t.co/VRuP9F4JDn- reported.ly (@reportedly) February 13, 2015http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=07c_1423861207EuronewsTurkey education strike against rise of Islamic teachingEuronewsGreek Atrocities in Anatolia, Part One, War and Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1922Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:38:25 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=400_1422983082
KurultaiGreek researcher, writer and journalist Tasos Kostopulos revealed the Greek barbarism in Anatolia.
Murder, Rape and Torture
Greek soldiers and armed local Christian militia murdered, raped and looted for 2 days. They killed 200 people and 2500 people were tortured, including the entire students of a class and their teacher of the local school.
Some Jews in the city were also murdered and their shops were looted. Greek army attacked all the Muslim villages in the surrounding region of Izmir province. Allied commission reports stated that Greeks were responsible for the bloodshed in Izmir.
Shooting Practice Against Children
Greek doctor tells, &quot;In a village close to Usak province, Turkish women, children and old people locked themselves up into a Mosque to hide. Our soldiers discovered the situation.
They fired up the grass they picked from the ground and threw it inside the window of the Mosque. People ran outside from the smoke and our barbarians started shooting at the women and children like they were doing target practice.&quot;
Screams of The Turkish Girl
* I entered to the house, stepped over the dead body of an old Turkish man. Noise was coming from inside. 10 Greek soldiers were forcing a Turkish girl to dance and lifting her skirt up. They told me, &quot;come join us&quot;. I told them &quot;inappropriate&quot; in Turkish.
Turkish girl ran next to me and told me to save her. I begged to the soldiers, told them not to that kind of treatment to a woman. One of them pointed his bayonet at me and I had to escape. I couldnt forget the screams of the girl. Close to the morning, 1000 houses in Kopruhisar was on fire.
(Dimitriu, Greek Military Officer, 1920)
* Greek soldier tells, &quot;Prince Andreas ordered us to burn everything.&quot;
* Greek army photographer tells, &quot;We are burning everywhere we leave, its a horrible sight.&quot;
(30 August 1921)
* Some of us are happy like Neron who burned Rome. The orders are clear, &quot;Burn anything that you cant carry. Including the old, sick, crippled and children.
(Nikos Vasilikos, 4 September 1921)
Rape in Front of The Families
Greek officer tells, &quot;We entered to Ariveren village. Girls were raped in front of their families. Soldiers slept on the silk blankets they looted that night.
(9 July 1921)
* Turks were hiding their families at graveyards at nights in Usak province because of fear. I saved a young girl from 2 Greek soldiers that wanted to rape her. Her mother ran to me and started kissing my hands. Her other 2 daughters were laying down on the ground dead.
(Lt. Panagakos)
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Tasos Kostopulos, War and Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1922
***http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=400_1422983082KurultaiGreek Atrocities in Anatolia, Part One, War and Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1922Turkey, Greece, War, Anatolia, Turkish, Barbarism, Greek, Genocide, Lie, Terrorism, Cyprus, Syriza, Military, HistoryReports: New Syria opposition head rules out Moscow talks planMon, 05 Jan 2015 20:39:14 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b4a_1420507559
Liberty or DeathFrance 24 has learned, the newly elected head of Syria's key opposition National Coalition on Monday ruled out taking part in a Russian-led bid for new talks to end the Syrian conflict.
Khaled Khoja, who was elected early on Monday to head the opposition grouping, said Moscow's proposal was impossible.
"The dialogue with the regime that Moscow is calling for is out of the question," he said at a news conference in Istanbul, where the Coalition is based.
"We can't sit at the same table as the regime... except in a negotiating framework intended to achieve a peaceful transition of power and the formation of a transitional body with full powers," he said.
Russia, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been trying to relaunch peace talks that would include meetings between delegates of the regime and the fractured opposition.
It has invited 28 opposition figures, including members of the tolerated domestic opposition as well as individual Coalition members, to Moscow later this month.
Among them are Hadi al-Bahra, whom Khoja succeeded on Monday, and two other previous Coalition chiefs, Moaz al-Khatib and Abdel Basset Sida.
It remains unclear whether the Coalition will seek to ban those of its members who have been invited from attending the talks in Moscow.
- 'Brotherhood influence declining' -
Khatib visited Russia last year for discussions and has recently established his own movement, though he remains a member of the Coalition.
Several opposition groups are expected to meet in Cairo this month to form a unified front, according to opposition sources, although a timetable and list of participants has not been made public.
Khoja's comments were the first since he was elected with backing from both secular and moderate Islamist blocs.
He is the first member of the Turkmen minority elected to the post and is seen as more independent than his predecessor, who had strong ties to Saudi Arabia.
Coalition member Samir Nashar said Khoja's win showed a "decline in the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood", which had backed his rival Nasr Hariri.
Khoja secured 56 votes, six more than Hariri. The election took place in Istanbul.
The National Coalition is the internationally recognised representative of Syria's uprising, but is often accused of being out of touch with reality on the ground in the nearly four-year war.
- Riven by conflict -
It has also been riven by conflict between its regional backers, including arch-rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Turkey has also vied for influence, including by backing the Muslim Brotherhood bloc in the coalition.
Khoja has lived in exile in Turkey for decades, after leaving Syria in the 1980s following two stints in prison.
But despite his ties to Turkey, his candidacy was not backed by Ankara.
Nashar, who is close to Khoja, expressed hope that "the new leadership will work to return the Syrian revolution to the right path".
Nashar, who has been critical of Islamist forces in the coalition, also hoped that Khoja would strive to "build a national front committed to the revolution... and establish a pluralist civil state in Syria without exclusion or marginalisation."
Khoja has a history of opposition activism, and was a founding member of the Syrian National Council, a key component of the coalition.
He served as the National Coalition's representative in Turkey before being elected president.
Born in Damascus in 1965, Khoja studied first in Libya after going into exile before settling in Turkey. He graduated in medicine from the University of Izmir in 1994.
http://www.france24.com/en/20150105-new-syria-opposition-head-rules-out-moscow-talks-plan/?aef_campaign_date=2015-01-05&amp;aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&amp;ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&amp;ns_linkname=editorial&amp;ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_source=twitterhttp://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b4a_1420507559Liberty or DeathReports: New Syria opposition head rules out Moscow talks planSyria<span class="highlight">Izmir</span> - MordoganMon, 10 Feb 2014 07:53:22 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d8e_1392033583
TurkcomradeMordogan is a sea-side township with own municipality in Karaburun district in Turkey 's Izmir Province . The town is situated on the eastern shoreline of Karaburun Peninsula within the Gulf of Izmir at about twenty kilometers to the south of the district center of Karaburun. Mordogan equals the district center in economic development terms, especially in tourism , and has a number of accommodation facilities and restaurants, being advantaged by being located before the district center when coming from Izmir and by being served by a modern and easy land-route.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d8e_1392033583Turkcomrade<span class="highlight">Izmir</span> - MordoganIzmir,Mordogan,turkish,coast,aegean coastTurkey <span class="highlight">Izmir</span> - Asansor ( Elevator )Sat, 08 Feb 2014 08:56:12 -0500http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=19b_1391866259
TurkcomradeAsans"or ( Turkish for " elevator ", derived from the French word) is a historical building in Izmir 's Karatas quarter, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak . It was built in 1907 as a work of public service by a wealthy Jewish banker and trader of that period, Nesim Levi Bayraklioglu, in order to ease passage from the narrow coastline of Karatas to the hillside, the elevator within the building serving to carry people and goods through the steep cliff between the two parts of the quarter.
In time, the small street that led to the building also came to be known under the same name, Asans"or Street ( Asans"or Sokagi ). In the 1940s, one of the residents of the street was the singer Dario Moreno , who was to attain fame later.
It was recently restored and since then, became one of the landmarks of Izmir. The street was renamed Dario Moreno Street in memory of the singer.
Currently, top of Asans"or is one of the most famous restaurants in Izmir.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=19b_1391866259TurkcomradeTurkey <span class="highlight">Izmir</span> - Asansor ( Elevator )Turkey,Izmir,Asans"or,Elevator,Asans"or Street, ascenseurPeople VS Police Trucks in <span class="highlight">Izmir</span>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:27:54 -0400http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=701_1370132632
TeykellAnger continues to boil in Turkey over the injustices of the gov't and the police; these demonstration are from Izmir, Turkey's 3rd largest city..http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=701_1370132632TeykellPeople VS Police Trucks in <span class="highlight">Izmir</span>Turkey, Izmir, police, cops vs citizens, demonstrations 2013, gezi park, tear gas, water cannon, police truck